Some stories have details that seem completely extraneous, like the friend who can’t remember if he got the burger on Tuesday or Wednesday, and after 30 seconds of his stammering, you just have to ask if it matters.

Tulsa restaurant Noche’s owner Sheamus Feeley has such a wide range of talents it’s hard to be-lieve he finally settled on a single career. The native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, studied journalism at the University of Arkansas, taught English in Peru, played soccer and learned to play drums and bagpipes, which put him in a band — the drums, not the bagpipes. Oh, and he “successfully worked every position in a restaurant except bartender.”

If any one thing defines the process of menu creation at Nonesuch, the exceptional restaurant at 803 N. Hudson Ave. in OKC, it’s best summarized by executive chef Garrett Hare: “We’re not bound by any rules.”

Many people play sports up until college, and then, when the realization sets in that they aren’t good enough to play at the next level, they start watching sports instead, perhaps continuing to play in work and church leagues. Tracia Forrest did play sports after college — for USA Volleyball, which, at the time, had several divisions below the national team — but hadn’t played until then.

Depending on your sense of humor, the title of Miss Choctaw 1997 is the best place to start this story, especially if you know Jamie Winteroth nee Fritts. “I’m going to find a picture, but just know the whole idea of pageants hurts my feminist heart; I did it for scholarship money,” said the operating partner and co-founder of Shared Plate Hospitality. Houston-born Fritts moved to Oklahoma with her family when she was 5 years old, and she became Winteroth in 2009, when she married her now husband and business partner Jordan Winteroth.

Chef Luke and Tylyn Fry decided that the best way to do a farm-to-table dinner is to go to the actu-al farm. The idea isn’t unique in the sense of serving a meal at its source; chefs have a long history of pop-ups on area farms and ranches, but the Frys have a multifaceted approach that is farmer-centric, not restaurant forward, as is typical.

Stories have entry points; you shouldn’t necessarily start at the beginning every time, because sometimes the beginning isn’t the best part. So let’s say Love Tokens begins on a park bench in Santa Monica where former standout NFL defensive lineman Rosey Grier taught Stacey DeGraffenreid how to crochet. Along with her husband Chris, she’s half the ownership team of Love Tokens, the Oklahoma City-based custom jewelry manufacturer with a client list that includes Kemo Sabe and Lucchese Bootmaker.